Changes in conjugal life in Canada: Is cohabitation progressively replacing marriage?

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 929-942

  Le Bourdais, Céline ^a,c   Lapierre Adamcyk, Évelyne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEBEC   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c CENTRE URBANISATION CULTURE SOCIÉTÉ   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Cohabitation; Marriage; Nonmarital births; Partnership transition; Union instability

Indexed keywords

EID: 9544258238     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-2445.2004.00063.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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